Lyrick Studios was an American video production and distribution company based in Allen, Texas. The company was best known for producing their flagship property Barney & Friends. In its later years it handled distribution of other series such as Groundling Marsh, Bob the Builder, VeggieTales, Joe Scruggs, Kipper and Wishbone. The Wiggles were signed to Lyrick Studios in 1999. They begin handled US distribution for The Wiggles' videos in 1999, before reaching out to retail stores in 2000. It was acquired by HIT Entertainment in 2001, for $250M.
Videos[]
- Wiggle Time! (10/2/1999, 8/1/2000)
- Yummy Yummy (10/2/1999, 8/1/2000)
- Wake Up Jeff! (4/4/2000, 12/12/2000)
- Toot Toot! (4/4/2000, 12/12/2000)
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (10/24/2000)
- Dance Party (4/3/2001)
- Wiggly Play Time (8/14/2001)
Albums[]
- Let's Wiggle (10/2/1999)
- Yummy Yummy (10/2/1999)
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (10/24/2000)
- Wake Up Jeff! (12/12/2000)
- Toot Toot! (12/12/2000)
- Dance Party (4/3/2001)
Trivia[]
- Specifically, Lyrick Studios had four videos with more common Wiggles cast members, including Larissa O'Donovan in Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas and Yummy Yummy before she played Fairy Larissa on the Dorothy the Dinosaur series, Ben Murray in Wiggly Play Time before he was a Wiggly Dancer, and Sam Moran in Toot Toot! before he replaced Greg when he left due to his illness.
- This is the only American distributor to not have any videos containing Maton Guitars, instead, the videos contain guitars from Fender, Takamine, Epiphone, Hofner, and Yamaha.
- Unlike The Wiggles' other American distributors, the Wiggles videos from this distributor were only released on VHS, while HIT Entertainment released them all on DVD except Wake Up Jeff!.
Marketing[]
See here for information about Lyrick Studios' video advertising for The Wiggles.
Gallery[]
The Wiggles with Tim Clott, former CEO of Lyrick Studios
Intro #1 Early 1997
Intro #2 late 1997-early 1998
Intro #3, from mid 1998-2001. Taken from Barney. The Distributed by logo in black before the logo is in Groundling Marsh, Shelley Duvall, VeggieTales, Wishbone and the first 2 videos from The Wiggles in 1999.
Intro #4, with the "Distributed by" title card on top. Taken from VeggieTales, Bob the Builder, Kipper, and The Wiggles. On most VeggieTales releases with this logo, it shows a still version.
Billboard Magazine article discussing Lyrick Studios' licensing agreement
See Also[]
- The Wiggles page on Barney Wiki
- Lyrick Studios at Wikipedia